New York pitcher Max Scherzer and Manager Buck Showalter dispute a call from umpire Phil Cuzzi, center, and umpire Dan Bellino, right, after they found a problem with Scherzer’s glove during the fourth inning in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Ashley Landis/Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Max Scherzer was ejected in the fourth inning after the umpires’ customary check of his glove, but New York’s bullpen came through and Brandon Nimmo went 5 for 5 in the Mets’ 5-3 victory over the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.

Nimmo hit a two-run homer off Noah Syndergaard (0-3) in the fifth inning, and he singled and scored on Mark Canha’s two-run double in the ninth to complete his second career five-hit game.

Five Mets relievers filled in resourcefully for Scherzer, who was furious when umpire Phil Cuzzi tossed him following the inspection of his glove and a lengthy conversation that included plate umpire Dan Bellino, the crew chief. The 38-year-old right-hander already had been told by umpires to change his glove before he took the mound one inning earlier in the bottom of the third.

“As far as stickiness, level of stickiness, this was the stickiest that it has been since I’ve been inspecting hands, which now goes back three seasons,” Bellino said. “Compared to the first inning, the level of stickiness, it was so sticky that when we touched his hand, our fingers were sticking to his hand. And whatever was on there remained on our fingers afterwards for a couple innings, where you could still feel that the fingers were sticking together.”

Scherzer yelled “It’s rosin!” at Bellino and Cuzzi before his ejection.

“Yes, when you use sweat and rosin, your hand is sticky,” Scherzer said. “I don’t get how I get ejected when I’m in front of MLB officials doing exactly what you want and being deemed my hand is too sticky when I’m using legal substances.”

He had pitched three scoreless innings of one-hit ball before his early exit from his fourth start of the season. It was Scherzer’s shortest start since June 11, 2021, when he threw 12 pitches for Washington before leaving with a groin injury.

“I knew I was going to get checked (before the fourth), so I’d have to be an absolute idiot to use anything else,” Scherzer said. “I literally go out there with sweat and rosin, (and) I get ejected.”

Bellino and Cuzzi weren’t buying it, saying something was out of the ordinary with Scherzer.

“Every pitcher we check, we’re accustomed to what that rosin residue will be on a pitcher’s hand,” Bellino said. “The fact that this went so much further was indicative that there was something likely more than just rosin. Something that was so sticky that, whatever it was, it was all over the palm. It was up on the inside of the fingers.”

David Peralta homered in the ninth for the Dodgers, who have lost 8 of 12 to fall back under .500 (9-10).

Scherzer and the umpires all refused to speculate on whether Scherzer would receive the automatic 10-game suspension handed out to violators of the rule.

“Now it’s becoming a legal matter, and I don’t want to comment,” Scherzer said.

CARDINALS 14,  DIAMONDBACKS 5: Tommy Edman had a three-run homer with a career-best five RBI, Nolan Gorman hit his first big league grand slam and St. Louis  beat visting Arizona to avoid a three-game sweep.

Madison Bumgarner (0-3) was hit hard again, allowing seven runs, seven hits and four walks in three innings.

PIRATES 14, ROCKIES 3: Rodolfo Castro hit a 458-foot homer and drove in four runs, leading Pittsburgh to its first three-game sweep at Denver since 2019.

Colorado has lost eight straight games, its longest skid since nine in a row last Aug. 27 to Sept. 4. The Rockies are a National League-worst 5-14 and the game drew 18,511, the smallest crowd for a Coors Field game with unrestricted ticket sales since 18,341 on April 18, 2013.

GIANTS 5, MARLINS 2: Michael Conforto and Mike Yastrzemski hit two-run homers off Devin Smeltzer in the 11th inning as visiting San Francisco ended a five-game losing streak.

PADRES 1, BRAVES 0: Struggling Juan Soto homered and Nick Martinez pitched seven strong innings as San Diego ended visiting Atlanta’s eight-game winning streak.

The Braves, who had the longest active winning streak in the majors, were shut out for the first time this season.

The Padres won for just the second time in eight games and will welcome back superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. on Thursday in the opening game of a four-game series at Arizona.

Tatis finished an 80-game PED suspension on Wednesday, but won’t be added to the active roster until Thursday, when the Padres will make a corresponding move.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RANGERS 12, ROYALS 3: Jonah Heim hit a three-run homer, Marcus Semien had three hits and drove in a pair of runs, and visiting Texas wrapped up a lopsided sweep of their three-game series.

Ezequiel Duran added a bases-clearing double, and Leody Taveras and Adolis García also drove in two runs apiece, helping the Rangers win their fourth straight and match the fifth-best start in franchise history.

GUARDIANS 3, TIGERS 2: José Ramírez bounced back from one of the worst games of his career with a three-run homer in the sixth inning as Cleveland won at Detroit.

Ramírez struck out four times in the second game of Detroit’s doubleheader on Tuesday.

INTERLEAGUE

PHILLIES 5, WHITE SOX 2: Trea Turner homered and had three hits, Brandon Marsh also went deep as Philadelphia won at Chicago.

CUBS 12, A’S 3:  Dansby Swanson scored the tie-breaking run standing up on an infield grounder to spark a four-run sixth inning, and visiting Chicago reached Oakland’s bullpen for 10 runs to complete a three-game sweep.

The A’s have lost seven straight and at 3-16 are mired in their poorest 19-game start since the 1951 Philadelphia A’s.

BREWERS 5, MARINERS 3: Eric Lauer allowed just four hits over 7 2/3 innings, and Brice Turang hit a go-ahead single and scored in the seventh as visiting Milwaukee completed a three-game sweep.

Julio Rodríguez clubbed a two-run homer against Lauer (3-1) in the third

RAYS 8, REDS 0: Yandy Díaz homered on the third pitch of Levi Stoudt’s big league debut to spark a six-run first inning, and Tampa Bay won at Cincinnati.

Tampa Bay pitched its second straight shutout and has six this season, more than half the Rays total of 10 for all of last year.

ORIOLES 4, NATIONALS 0: Kyle Bradish and four relievers combined for Baltimore’s second consecutive shutout, and substitute Adam Frazier hit a two-run homer to help the Orioles win at Washington.

NOTES

ROCKIES: The Colorado Rockies activated pitcher Daniel Bard from the 15-day injured list. The star closer had been out since March 30 due to anxiety.

PIRATES: First baseman Ji Man Choi will miss the next eight weeks with a left Achilles tendon strain, the team announced.